This is baby #2 for me and I am already predisposed to anxiety and depression when not pregnant. With my first, I had a little bit of PPD (and the only reason I think it was kind of under control before it got worse was because I was already working with a psychiatrist/psychologist prior to giving birth and was able to up my medication fairly quickly after birth and I think it kicked in pretty quickly).

I am currently 33.5 weeks pregnant and the past couple of weeks have been brutal for me. I am working with a therapist again (actually have an appt in a little bit) and am on medication but I have just been crying about EVERYTHING and have become hyper fixated on the fact that I just feel “down” and I can’t pinpoint WHY. I am convinced my friends are sick of me, I’m much more sore this time around in terms of physical pregnancy stuff and cannot get comfortable at all, not sleeping well because of it, and am overall just having a tough time. I also HATE my job but need to keep it right now for leave benefits, but it has recently switched to being fully remote and I hateeeee it. I like it for the purpose of being super uncomfortable pregnant and not having to go anywhere, but I don’t do well with being home 24/7. On top of it, we had a Covid positive person in my house so all this week has been “quarantine” and my toddler can’t go to daycare, so juggling all of that on top of being expected to work full time for a job I really really am not happy at has made it all just feel like a LOT lately.

I guess I needed to vent (sorry that this is long) but is it normal to feel this way hormonally towards the end of your pregnancy? I just am tired of always feeling sad and not being able to find something to make me feel better